Integrative and Cooperative Learning (ICL) An Important Tool of

Teachers for Students Progress in the Implementation of K-12

Curriculum
(by Victor B. Hermosa 12/14/2012)
A Chinese proverb says Tell Me and Ill Forget, Show Me and Ill Remember, and Involve Me and Ill
Learn such a motivation of different teachers handling ICL classes in school coping and intervening
students with their love , care and dedication during their make- up lessons.

According to some teachers, the K-12 curriculum is one of the best curriculum's implemented in the field
of education because it is standard based; spiral approach with a complete package of competencies
supported with modules and other instructional materials and most of all a child/student centered policy.

In the implementation of this curriculum, many teachers are amazed and happy because it lessens their
burden and tedious work in making and writing lesson plans because they prepare only teaching notes
and session plan provided with reflections as the main part. Other than that, we offer lots of effort and
sacrifices to the learners but in the real situations 25 percent of the whole class are slow learners and
they have difficulty with the new styles of teaching. Our school implemented the ICL Program once a
week to cope up the 25 percent students with patience and motivation following orders on the curriculum
of student centered policy with teachers as facilitator and manager of learning inside and outside the
classroom.

Integrative and Cooperative Learning (ICL) is the strategy of teachers in the classroom that is used to
increase motivation, attention , retention and mean percentage score (MPS) of students in their different
examination in school and it will serve as positive image of self and others which provide a vehicle for
critical thinking and problem solving and encourage social skills on the part of the learners as main
objective of the program.

On the implementation of ICL Program in school many advantages have been observed which give
benefits to the students and teachers enumerately:

1. ICL Program meets students learning styles most students learn best by working in pairs or small
groups, having discussions, and reporting and back to the whole group.

2. ICL is effective in increasing academic achievements of the students as shown in their performance
record of teachers and in their portfolio output assessment.

3. ICL enables the teachers to work with small group of students rather than big groups.

4. ICL increases students' self esteem.

5. Through ICL approach/strategy, students can become real partners in the learning enterprise, and

6. ICL encourages friendship among students of different abilities and social levels.

Since the ICL program is the best way and strategy of teachers in intervening students interests, in
different lessons it is not meant to be used with everyday in every subject, the teachers should decide
which lesson best match with students need to be most beneficial on the part of the learners.